Project Code 140  QID 000620	                                                              OMB No. 0535-0039:  Approval Expires 01/31/2010 	
	2009 Berry Processing Inquiry		NATIONAL
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
SERVICE	
		Oregon Field Office 
1220 S.W. 3rd Ave. Room 1735
Portland,  OR  97204, 
Phone 503-326-2131, Fax 503-326-2549
nass-or@nass.usda.gov	
			
*** Please return by November 2 ***

Please make corrections to name, address, and Zip Code if necessary.

Your help is needed to accurately estimate Oregon berry production for 2009. We appreciate your cooperation in reporting the quantities of berries purchased and prices paid to growers during 2009. We have combined strawberries, caneberries and blueberries into one report. Response to this survey is voluntary and not required by law, but your help is needed to ensure accurate results. Your report is kept confidential, and will only be used in summary with other processors to arrive at State totals. Please return the report promptly in the enclosed return envelope. Thank you for your help and continued support of Oregon agriculture.  Survey results will be available for online viewing in January at:  www.nass.usda.gov

	
	(Instructions on reverse side)

2009 Crop	
Berries grown in Oregon	
	
Quantity processed in your plant 1/	
Quantity purchased from growers	
Total payments to growers2/	
	Pounds	Pounds	Dollars	
Blueberries				
Strawberries				
Red raspberries				
Black raspberries				
Evergreen blackberries				
Marion blackberries				
Other blackberries:

(Specify type)	

(Specify type)	
				
Boysenberries				

     1/ Include your own harvest if self-processed.
     2/ If final payment has not been determined, please enter NF (not final) and your best estimate of the final expected price.

Comments regarding the 2009 season are appreciated:

Reported by: 	 Phone: 	 Date: 	

	For office use only		
	Response	Respondent	Mode	Enum.	Eval.		
	1-Comp
2-R
3-Inac 
4-Office Hold
	5-R – Est
6-Inac – Est
7-Off Hold – Est
8-Known Zero	9901	1-Op/Mgr
2-Sp
3-Acct/Bkpr
4-Partner
9-Oth	9902	1-Mail
2-Tel
3-Face-to-Face
4-CATI
5-Web	6-e-mail
7-Fax
8-CAPI
19-Other	9903	098	100		
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE	Cooperating with	OREGON DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE	

Berry processing inquiry - 2009 crop	Page 2

	Instructions for reporting

1.  Report pounds of fresh fruit received on a pay-weight basis. The term "pay weight" refers to the quantity of fruit delivered and paid for. Culls considered to be of no value should not be included in the quantity received.

2.  Report total dollars or final price paid at the processing plant door on a pay-weight basis, not gross weight. Include the cost of the following materials and services furnished to growers without charge or the cost in excess of charges to growers for: land preparation; planting and cultivation; plants; weed, insect or disease control; harvesting; delivery to processing plant; containers; inspection and grading fees. EXCLUDE buying expenses, brokerage fees, and cost of fieldsmen.

3.  Report by cooperatives. If all payments have not been made to growers, please give your estimate of final price paid including the costs listed in Item 2 above, and then label it as "NF," not final. Do not include dividends paid to growers that are based on capital stock ownership.

The survey results will be available on the Internet in late January 2009, at http://www.nass.usda.gov.  This completes the survey.  Thank you for your help and your continued support of Oregon agriculture.